I.a deep breath, a sighing, sigh.
I. Lit. (class.): “suspirium alte petere,” Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 58: “traxit ex intimo ventre,” id. Truc. 2, 7, 41: “crebrum suspirium,” Col. 6, 14, 2: si quis est in rerum naturā sine sollicitudine, sine suspirio, * Cic. Tusc. 4, 34, 72: idque ab exercitu cum suspirio videretur, Spart. Pers. 11.— Plur.: “quos numquam pungunt suspiria,” Prop. 3, 8 (4, 7), 27: “repetere,” Tib. 3, 6, 61: “ducere,” Ov. M. 1, 656: “ducere ab imo Pectore,” id. ib. 10, 402; 2, 125; 2, 774; “9, 537: cessant,” Mart. 10, 13, 19.—Of animals, Mart. 1, 110, 9.—